The Evil Inside - Philip Taffs

24 April 2015

It seems to me that horror fiction works best when it comes from within us. Haunted houses and possessed dolls and evil videotapes are all very…

The Intel: Pierre Lemaitre

22 April 2015

We like Pierre Lemaitre here, but you may have guessed that—we like his tightly-plotted, quick-witted novels featuring the diminutive detective…

TV & Movie Crime Log: Safe, Stonehearst & Ultron

20 April 2015

Christopher Eccleston plays a man who runs down-at-heel lodgings in a new ITV series. I think you can guess, if its Mr. Eccleston, that it’s not…

The Intel: Elisabeth de Mariaffi

16 April 2015

Cast your mind back to earlier in the week, my friends, and you will recall our review of Canadian author Elisabeth de Mariaffi’s novel The Devil…

The Devil You Know - Elisabeth De Mariaffi

14 April 2015

The Devil You Know explores one woman’s paranoia and anxiety against the backdrop of a real-life murder case in Toronto. The blurb always closes…

TV & Movie Crime Log: Thrones, Child

13 April 2015

I’m going to make a confession. I love me my genre stuff –- I mean, that’s obvious, right?—but I’ve never really managed to get into Game…

The Intel: SJI Holliday

10 April 2015

We reviewed Susi Holliday’s Black Wood the other week. Cast your minds back to that, or if you’re the indolent type who can just about be…

The Intel: Gavin Collinson

08 April 2015

Gavin Collinson’s new novel The Hitchcock Murders is a homage to the Great Man. Published by Cutting Edge Crime, it’s a big, fun story about a…

TV & Movie Crime Log: Code, Daredevil, Tatau, Wick & River

06 April 2015

There’s a genuinely fascinating drama on ITV tonight, about the birth of DNA fingerprinting and how it was first used to catch a killer. The…

The Intel: Ian Caldwell

03 April 2015

We don’t just throw stuff at this site and hope for the best, you know. A bit of thought goes into it, a bit of planning and foresight. Not…

The Fifth Gospel - Ian Caldwell

01 April 2015

A number of years ago Ian Caldwell co-authored a book that became a runaway bestseller. It was called The Rule Of Four and it kind of knocked…

TV Crime Log: Gracepoint, Thunderbirds & Vera

30 March 2015

Now this doesn’t happen very often, so make a note of this. We’ve got three shows for you, and they’re all on ITV. True, you’ve seen them…